Calflora: Picea sitchensis

Calflora

Taxon Report 6495

Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carri+re

Sitka spruce

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Picea sitchensis, a gymnosperm, is a tree that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


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Plant Characteristics
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Bloom Period

Family:	PINACEAE
Genus:	Picea

Communities:	Coastal Strand, North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Redwood Forest, Closed-cone Pine Forest, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	coastal [Walker]
Wetlands:	Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

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Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

More information about Picea sitchensis


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images Cindie Meyer (YouTube): How to identify this tree. Photo Tour: Institute for Redwood Ecology, Humboldt State University.		Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (PISI)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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